A MUST see for macro lovers.

Tom K.

http://pishmo.com/macro/

ultravox

Tom, thank you for this....
The best macro series ever... for me at least...
10x again.

trixiebell

These are just absolutly amazing! Wonderful work!
Lisa

RatPhoto

Wow! I wonder what kind of lighting was used. My ring light sure won't do that.

And then to get it in position for the shots and such.

Wow!

Dalantech

Tom K. wrote:

http://pishmo.com/macro/

Incredible!

Skippy

Tom K. wrote:

http://pishmo.com/macro/

Wow that is a good site.......gosh he's almost as good as our very own BRIAN Skippy (Australia)

Dee

Incredible
I'm amazed!

System

these pics are really neat, but do you think they're any better than what our own brian (lord vetinari) creates?-

gluwater

Although those are fabulous, I think similar quality work has been posted here. I think the main draw in these photos is that they are crazy lookin bugs. That pryaing mantis/butterfly looking thing is out of this world. I could be wrong but from the looks of the lighting I would think the photographer is either a master at lighting in the field or some or all of these were done in a studio. Regardless of where they were done they are gorgeous shots.

gtc

excellent
well executed and great lighting-looks like bellows work in a studio or field studio

agree some great insects- the cross between a butterfly and mantis is amazing-

wonder what setup is used?

Art Scott

really neat wor k....would like a list of the insect names, just for education on very strange alien insectlife......:D

Awais Yaqub

i dont think so i would have been able to see these insects in my life
macro work is superb

Blepharopsis

link to the original site:
http://www.photo.net/photos/siwanowicz . The original
pics are not so brutally compressed as the ones on the
Russian site. Also, there is plenty more where they
came from.

Blepharopsis

For those interested, here is some equipment info:

Lens: Canon EF 100 mm/2,8 Macro USM. It gives 1:1
magnification on 35 mm format (or 1.6:1 on the digital
body I'm using). MP-E 65mm would've been an overkill,
really.

Camera body: Canon EOS 10D, I moved to 20D as soon as
it appeared on the market.

Lighting technique: I am using Canon 550EX mounted on
the Manfrotto macro bracket, on a dedicated extension
cord. It's set as a "master". 420EX is set as a
wireless "slave", on a light tripod. I experiment with
the positioning of the light sources and flash heads.
The most important thing is softening/diffusing the
light. I use home-made diffusers (alu-foil, cardboard,
thin paper), shaped something like Lumiquest
Bigbounce.

Anyway, I am really glad you like my photos!

Igor

Dalantech

*Snip*

Blepharopsis wrote:

For those interested, here is some equipment info:

Lens: Canon EF 100 mm/2,8 Macro USM. It gives 1:1
magnification on 35 mm format (or 1.6:1 on the digital
body I'm using).

Actually it just gives you 1:1 magnification. A true macro lens produces a life size image circle -and it doesn't matter what sensor you use to capture the image it's still life size (you just get a built in crop on a 1.6x crop factor sensor). The only way to increase the size of that image circle, and therefore increase the magnification, is to physically move the lens away from the sensor (extension tubes), add a diopter, reverse another lens onto the front of that 100mm, or add a teleconverter. If you are shooting with a bare 100mm macro lens then the maximum magnification that you'll get is life size -on any digital camera. I know a lot of people who were shooting macro with the 20D and were disappointed when they upgraded to the 5D. Subjects that use to fill a 20D's sensor looked small on the full sized sensor of the 5D but it wasn't due to a decrease in magnification -you can get the same "look" just by cropping the 5D image down to 8 megapixels...

Blepharopsis

Dalantech wrote:

*Snip*


Actually it just gives you 1:1 magnification. A true macro lens produces a life size image circle -and it doesn't matter what sensor you use to capture the image it's still life size (you just get a built in crop on a 1.6x crop factor sensor). ...

Wow, you live and learn...

Dalantech

Blepharopsis wrote:

Wow, you live and learn...

I kinda wish it did work like you posted -would be kinda cool to go above life size without having to do anything special. But the 1.6x cameras crop the image circle, but they don't magnify it -and I wouldn't feel bad about getting confused. I think I read an article in Outdoor Photographer recently where the author made the same mistake (called it a 1.6x magnification factor ).

If you want to get close to 1.6x life size with that 100mm then add Canon's 1.4 teleconverter and a 12mm tube (you need the tube so you can connect the lens and the TC together, otherwise it won't work). The maximum focusing distance is reduced to about 1.2 meters, but at about 6" from the front of the lens you'll get 1.6x life size

wxwax

Blepharopsis wrote:

For those interested, here is some equipment info:

Lens: Canon EF 100 mm/2,8 Macro USM. It gives 1:1
magnification on 35 mm format (or 1.6:1 on the digital
body I'm using). MP-E 65mm would've been an overkill,
really.

Camera body: Canon EOS 10D, I moved to 20D as soon as
it appeared on the market.

Lighting technique: I am using Canon 550EX mounted on
the Manfrotto macro bracket, on a dedicated extension
cord. It's set as a "master". 420EX is set as a
wireless "slave", on a light tripod. I experiment with
the positioning of the light sources and flash heads.
The most important thing is softening/diffusing the
light. I use home-made diffusers (alu-foil, cardboard,
thin paper), shaped something like Lumiquest
Bigbounce.

Anyway, I am really glad you like my photos!

Igor

I'm so glad you're here!

Your photos are inspiring, thanks for sharing some of your technique.

Glad I saw this in the morning, and not before going to bed!